May 23, 2013

Mystery Jets, ‘Radlands’ – First Listen

It’s all change in Mystery Jets world, and not just because of the departure of Kai Fish. Even with the dreamy textures of third record ‘Serotonin’, the Eel Pie Men were always the most quintessentially English of bands. So the news that they’d decamped to Texas and ‘gone Americana’ was cause for us to do a concerned ear-prick. Read more. NME Blogs … [Read more...]

Looks Like Someone Isn’t Feeding Their Golf Cart

Just a video of an EZ-GO James Harrisoning a group of eight or so coaches, trainers and Eli Mannings to round out your Tuesday afternoon. And if you care, the Spring Dekaney Wildcats beat the Cibolo Steele 34-14. Oh, and just in case you were thinking of making that runaway golf cart remix video, it’s been done. Banned In Hollywood … [Read more...]

College Football 2011 Week 14 Preview: Cheerleader Edition

Now THAT is what we call a comeback. After sporting horribly bad losing records with our predictions the past couple weeks, we went 10-1 over the Thanksgiving break. Our only loss? Georgia. Dem Dawgs advance to the SEC Championship against the Bayou Bengals who cut down the Razorbacks. Rivalry Week lived up to its hype with the Wolverines edging the Buckeyes by a touch, Texas slipping past A&M, WVU and Cincy increasing their chances of a Big East co-title, the Badgers blowing out PSU in … [Read more...]

Happiness

There's a kid who plays for Texas Tech's football team named Happiness Osunde. Unfortunately, he suffered a horrific injury against Baylor last night so his name is more than a little ironic at the moment. I was watching last night's game (Sic 'em Bears!) and I started to think about Happiness, the player initially and then the idea, while the television announcers were showing images of Happiness' knee folding gruesomely in the wrong direction. How can you not be struck by a name like … [Read more...]

Beyonce Goes Country, Nearly Nude for Essence Cover (Video)

Beyonce brings it back to her Texan roots with a country-themed cover shoot for the July issue of Essence magazine. In the behind-the-scenes video of the shoot, the Houston-born superstar, whose upcoming album '4' just leaked onto the Internet two weeks ahead of schedule, is one sexy cowgirl. Beyonce was shot for the mag hanging out in the haystacks, riding a white horse -- like the one in her 'Run the World (Girls)' music video -- and whipping around a lasso in bottom-less chaps. Queen … [Read more...]